Dodd v. Bonds

Minor W. Mill web, Justice.

By this appeal the appellant, John K. Docld, seeks to question the-action of the chancery court in vacating a default decree during the term in which it was rendered. A collateral issue is whether appellee, Harvey Bonds, is a missing person within the meaning of Act 71 of 1943 (Ark. Stats., §§ 58-201—203). We do not determine these issues for the reason that the appeal was prematurely taken and must be dismissed.

In his suit to quiet title, appellant obtained a default decree against appellee, Harvey Bonds, before a special chancellor on September 27, 1951, after the…